Aim: To determine the bacteriological quality and physicochemical properties of hand-dug well water used as sole source of water for domestic consumption in Dareta village, Anka, Nigeria. Study Design: In this study ten (10) different well water samples were collected from Dareta...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6965
With the new era of industrialization and urbanization, the use of renewable energy is a solution to resolve the impacts of the current dependency on fossil based fuels and hike in fuel prices in the world. The rapid economic development in recent years has led to the energy incr...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7589
Aims: To mark the environmental health status in the vicinity of a steel recycling facility in southwestern Nigeria using Nickel and Chromium levels in the top soil and leaves of Chromolaena odorata. Methodology: Conventional methods were used to determine some soil parameters (p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5733
This study was conducted to examine the socio-economic determinants of e-banking in Abia State of Nigeria. The specific objectives were to (a) examine the level of awareness of the various products of e-banking (b) examine the socio-economic determinants of users (c) identify the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/7373
Aims: To determine the effects of dietary supplementation of vitamin E and selenium on infection rate, pack cell volume (PCV) and white blood cell (WBC) of T. brucei brucei infected rats. Study Design: Feeding of rats with varying levels of vitamin E and selenium to determine the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5732
This paper analyses constraints, lessons and success factors, in the planning and execution of the European-Union Micro-Projects Programme on water supply in Imo State, Nigeria. The questionnaire was employed for data collection. From the results, the constraints indicated by the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/5534
Very Simple Optimization (VSO) is introduced as a new a new global search design and optimization algorithm that is applied to a seminal antenna optimization problem: achieving uniform hemispherical coverage in a dipole-loaded monopole. The VSO-optimized monopole's performance is...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6757
LetA0⊂A1⊂···⊂At−1⊂Atbe a chain of unitary commutative rings (eachAiis constructed bythe direct product of suitable Galois rings with multiplicative groupA∗iof units) andK0⊂K1⊂···⊂Kt−1⊂Ktbe the corresponding chain of unitary commutative rings (eachKiis constructed by thedirect pro...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6089
Face recognition based only on the visible spectrum has shown difficulties in performing consistently in uncontrolled operating conditions. Face recognition using different imaging modalities, particularly infrared imaging sensors has become an area of growing interest in recent...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6295
Aims: The aim of this investigation was to develop a methodology that provides insights to clean up environmental pollution caused by the ever increasing amount of waste plastic materials. The procedure, however, would be practical whenever it is economically advantageous. Therma...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2014/6375